Traffic noise sends men’’s BP soaring, not women’’s!

by ANI June 10, 2009 Health

Traffic noise increases the risk of high blood pressure in men, a new study has shown.
However, when it comes to women, they remain unaffected by it.
To reach the conclusion, researchers studied 2,747 adults, reports The Daily Express.
From analyses, they found even fairly low noise levels, not just heavy city traffic, had a damaging impact on [...]

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Ten-year girl identifies Kasab

by PTI June 10, 2009 India News

Mumbai, Jun 10 (PTI) A ten-year-old girl, rendered disabled during 26/11 terror strikes, today identified in court arrested gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab as one of the two gunmen who had fired indiscriminately at passengers inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
Devika Rotawan, the youngest eyewitness to depose in the terror strikes trial, was asked by the [...]

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Insomniacs require increased brain activation to maintain normal daily function

by ANI June 10, 2009 Health

Patients suffering from chronic primary insomnia (PIs) have higher levels of brain activation compared to normal sleepers during a working memory test, says a new study.
The research abstract has been presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Results show that PIs use increased brain activation relative to good sleepers [...]

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Kerala governor’s decision not surprising: Achuthanandan

by ANI June 10, 2009 India News

Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan on Wednesday said State Governor R S Gavai’s nod to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute CPI-M party leader Pinarayi Vijayan in connection with the SNC Lavalin scam was not surprising.
“The governor’’s decision is not surprising. Don”t you know that there have been several instances in the [...]

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Sensex at one-year high on budget expectations

by ANI June 10, 2009 Business

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex surged over 434 points to 15,561.11 at mid-session on Wednesday an almost one-year high, on aggressive buying by funds on expectations that the government will increase public spending in the budget to boost economic growth.
There are reasons to believe that the recent strong rally might continue. For [...]

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’Spider-Man nets Kirsten Dunst’

by ANI June 10, 2009 Entertainment

Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has been successful in persuading Kirsten Dunst to sign up for the fourth installment of the superhero franchise, it has emerged.
Rumors were abuzz that Dunst’’s return to the role of Mary Jane-Watson won’t happen after Raimi told reporters the actress was still pondering whether to rejoin the cast, reports the Daily [...]

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Houston denies banning journalists from discussing her drug problems

by ANI June 10, 2009 Entertainment

has shot down reports suggesting that she has banned journalists from discussing her drug issues during promotional chats for her upcoming album.
The R&B star, who struggled for years with crack cocaine addiction and finally succeeded in kicking it, is preparing to launch her chart comeback clean and sober, reports The Daily Express.
A source tells [...]

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Macca doesn’t find any European politician worthy

by ANI June 10, 2009 Entertainment

Former ‘Beatle’ has revealed that he did not bother to vote in the European elections because he did not find any politicians worthy.
“There was no one who inspired me or who I thought was worthy,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying at the St Martin’’s Lane Hotel in the West End.
“There is [...]

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Kate Winslet wants to turn her back on Hollywood

by ANI June 10, 2009 Entertainment

‘Titanic’ star Kate Winslet is so sick of life in the spotlight that she is considering a hiatus from Hollywood.
After bagging an Oscar for her role in the film ‘The Reader’, she has started to feel overexposed.
She is now planning to turn her back on the film industry for some time.
The actress, however, [...]

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